I didn't want to make 'high' art, I had no interest in using paint, I wanted to find something that anyone could relate to without knowing about contemporary art. I wasn't thinking in terms of precious prints or archival quality; I didn't want the work to seem like a commodity.

I can be fearlessly strong at times to protect an inner frailty.

My message for people to not take anything for granted, to respect what they might not understand.

Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder.

[My work is] maybe about me maybe not wanting to be me and wanting to be all these other characters. Or at least try them on.

I'm good at using my face as a canvas… I'll see a photograph of a character and try to copy them on to my face. I think I'm really observant, and thinking how a person is put together, seeing them on the street and noticing subtle things about them that make them who they are.

I'd never even thought about compromise when I worked in my studio. The major distinction is in the priority of who I ultimately wanted to please: myself or the audience.